Drosophila genomic methylation: New evidence and new questions

Epigenomics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 459-461

  Dunwell, Thomas L ^a   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; 5 methylcytosine; DNA methylation; Drosophila

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GENOMIC DNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

APIS MELLIFERA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RETROPOSON; RNA STABILITY; ANIMAL; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; GENOME;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENOMICS; GENOME; HUMANS;

EID: 84913610107     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.46     Document Type: Note

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